NEW YORK (Travanj 5, 2017) – Veteran boksački manager Stan Hoffman is honored to be selected for induction in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), pod pokroviteljstvom Ring 8, as a member of 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Nedjelja poslijepodne (12:30-5:30 poslije podne. I), Travanj 30, na Russo je u zaljevu u Howard Beach, Njujork.

Hoffman, 86, has managed, advised or promoted 38 world champions during nearly 50 years working in the boxing industry. A product of Brooklyn and Bronx, Hoffman still advises some boxes and attends fights, but he enjoys spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.

“I’m told that I’ve had 38 world champions and I have a story for each one of them,” Hoffman said. “Almost from the beginning, u 1980, I had success in boxing. Joe Manley is special because he was the first fighter I signed and also my first world champion. Team USA didn’t send a team to the 1980 Olimpijske igre (because of a boycott) and Joe was lost. Nobody expected him to on to win the world junior welterweight title like he did. The pinnacle of my career was my first heavyweight champion, Michael Benntt. Bob Arum called asking if I wanted to make some money using Bentt in a tune-up fight for Tommy Morrison, who had a big money fight lined up with Lennox Lewis. Michael knocked him out in the first round (for Morrison’s WBO heavyweight title). AHasim Rahman is like my kid. Iz Iran Barkley za James Toney, I have stories about all of them.”

Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include Manhattan welterweightGaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-39-6, 69 Kos), Yonkers’ Svijet u teškoj kategoriji naslov izazivač Renaldo “G.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 Kos), Yonkers middleweightDoug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 Kos), a “Bronx bombarder,” world middleweight title challenger Alex Ramos (39-10-2, 24 Kos)

Posthumous participants being inducted are Queens’ former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Dick Tigar (60-19-3, 27 Kos), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyweight world champion Jose “Chegui” Torres(41-3-1, 29 Kos), and Williamsburg’s middleweight world champion, “The Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey (51-4-11, 23 Kos).

Non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF along with Hoffman are Queens’ International agent Don Majeskja, Long Island matchmaker Ron Katz, and past Ring 8 president/NYSAC judge Bobby Bartels.

Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn boxing historian Hank Kaplan, Long Island cut-man Al Gavin, Bronx referee Arthur Donovan and New York City columnist Dan Parker.

Svaki Buddy će dobiti prilagođeni dizajniran pojas označava njegov indukcije u NYSBHOF.

The 2017 inductees su izabrani članovi za nominiranje NYSBHOF: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero a Neil Terens.

Svi boksači su trebali biti neaktivan najmanje tri godine da bi bili podobni za NYSBHOF indukcije, i sve inductees moraju imati prebivalište u državi New York za značajan dio svojih boksačkih karijera ili tijekom naponu njihovim karijere.

“After spending so many years of my life in boxing,” Hoffman concluded, “I was fortunate to have so many world champions. It was a lot of hard work but I had a lot of luck, previše. I’ve met so many good people in boxing. I’ll tell you, I’m going to enjoy being inducted into the New York State Hall of Fame, sada (he joked), a lot more than if I’d been dead going in. Počašćen sam. It’s also special for me to be inducted in the same class as Ron Katz, who was my matchmaker, Doug DeWitt – I worked with him as a manager and he won the world title – and my good friend, Reynaldo Snipes. The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame induction dinner is a great time and I’m really looking forward to it.”

Ulaznice se po cijeni od $150.00 po osobi i $70.00 za djecu (pod 16), a uključuju kompletnu užinu i koktel sat vremena nakon stupanja, s početkom u 12:30 PM/I, kao i večeru (Premijer rebro, ribe ili peradi) and open bar throughout the evening. Ulaznice su dostupne za kupnju pozivom NYSBHOF / Ring 8 Predsjednik Bob Duffy na 516.313.2304. Oglasi za NYSBHOF programa su dostupni, u rasponu od $80.00 za $250.00, kontaktiranjem Duffy. Idi na liniji uwww.Ring8ny.com za dodatne informacije o New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.